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Question: These five diagrams show different types of society. Please read the descriptions and look at the diagrams and decide which you would prefer the country ought to be.
Type AType BType CType DType E
A small elite at the top, very few people in the middle and the great mass of people at the bottom.A society like a pyramid with a small elite at the top, more people in the middle, and most at the bottom.A pyramid except that just a few people are at the bottom.A society with most people in the middle.Many people near the top, and only a few near the bottom.

Data: % of Type E
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden32.7%
2 Australia27.4%
3 Italy26.5%
4 United States24.7%
5 Germany22.3%
6 Japan20.9%
7 France 20.0%
8 United Kingdom18.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.037471 X +5.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 122262.869225 X +20796.589
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 8.856634 X +79.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.263744 X +1.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18.882388 X +5.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072